Window-supporting device



E. G. SIMPSON.

WINDOW SUPPORTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION m5!) OCT. 16. 1920.

1,381,676. PatentedJune 1 921.

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E. G. SIMPSON.

WINDOW SUPPORTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION BLED OCT. 16, 1920.

1,381,676. PatentedJune 14, 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMORY GLENN SIMPSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FISHER BODY CORPORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK WINDOW-SUPPORTING DEVICE.

Supporting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates-to a window-supporting device for carriage windows, especially automobile closed bodies. It has for its object a device which may be brought into action to support the window in raised position, when the window is raised by a strap or similar device. A further ob ect of the invention is to provide an automatic lock for the supportin device which makes against meddling,

The supporting device is especially intended for rear quarter windows where the use of window regulators, now quite commonly employed in automobiles, has not been very satisfactory. It is the object of the invention to still utilize the. ull strap to raise the rear quarter window and to do away with the ordinary fence construction that is now in use to hold up a window-that is raised by a strap. The use of the fence has several disadvantages which it is desired to eliminate.

In using a window guide that fits accurately around the window obviously some other provision has to be made to hold the window in raised position. .;.The common way to do this is to use a window regulator which is provided with suitable clutching mechanism to hold the window in any position of its sliding range. As already stated, it is not always desirable to use a window regulator on the rear quarter window. They are not ordinarily in a position convenient for operation.

In the drawinfgs Figure 1 is a ragmentary view of the inside of an automobile closed body adjacent,

Specification of Letters Patent.

. the plate, while Patented June 14, 1921. I V Application .flle'd October 16, 1920. Serial No. 417,434.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of I 1g. 8 isa section on the line 8--8 of Fig. 3 showing the position of the locking parts when the window is raised.

Fig. 9 is a similar section posit on of the locking parts when the window is in the window pocket.

Fig. 10 is a section on the line 10-10 of Fig. 9.

a designates the rear quarter window which is ordinarily raised by a strap 6 and the window lifted over the usual fence. It is the ob ect of this construction to eliminate the fence and enable the window to be carried in guides that fit tightly so the window does not rattle. To this end I provide a supporting device having a plate a adapted to be secured by screws to the window frame below the sill. This plate is provided with a central boss 03 recessed on the IIlSlClB' at e to take the bearing collar f pinned to the screw or worm g. The outer end of this screw or worm is reduced and drops into the slot h of the bracket 71 that extends rearwardly from the plate. This worm has a squared outer end 70 and is also provided with a tapped recess to receive the showing the onto the screw. The bearing collar 7 serves to prevent the screw or worm from being drawn outwardly through the opening in the shoulder it prevents the same from being drawn inwardly through the plate.

The back of the plate is provided with a pair of ntegrally-projecting ears 0 which carry a pin 17' on which is pivotally supported a latch member or worm wheel segment. g provided with a groove 1' having screw -half threads or concave worm teeth 8 engaging w th" the threads of the screw or worm. This segment is provided with a PX'OJGClBlIlg arm 6 adapted to engage under the channel a of the window a, as is shown in Fig. 4. Now obviously by turning the knurled head m of the worm, this segment may be raised as is shown in Fig. 4, or the channel of the window. This holds the window in raised position because the pitch of the threads of the worm and teeth of the segment is such as to providepractically '(Fig. 8), a major lever 'v and a minor lever w connected by a spring m-thathasone end in a socket y of the major lever o and the .other end on a pin .2 on the lug Z of the minor lever to. This minor lever is pro- 1 vided also with a lug 2 that carries a looking pin 3 that engages through the plate, as

' is shown in Fig. 10 and is adapted to drop in recesses or sockets 4 in the knurled head m.-

-In the position shown in Fig. 8 the two latch levers are held projected inwardly into the window pocket by the springs as and 5. When the window descends it strikes the major lever o and drives this inwardly (see Fig. 9), taking with it, perhaps, the minor lever rw, which in turn drives the pin 3 in against the pressure of the spring 5. If the pin 3 is not in registry with one of the sockets 4 in the knurledhead-m, of course, the minor leverwill not be driven in but the spring as between the major and minor levers will simply be compressed to store energy with which to shoot the pin or bolt 3 into one of the sockets assoon as the head is tampered with and turned sufliciently to bring one of the sockets into registry with the pin. Thereupon the worm will be positively locked and will not be released from this locked position until the window is completely raised to clear the major latch lever 11.

The bosses 6 and 7 serve to support the escutcheon plate 8 which is the only plate.

that appears on the outside of the car trimming- (see Fig. 1).

at I claim is:

1. In a window construction,. the combination of a window frame provided with a window pocket, a window slidable therein, and a supporting device comprising a worm wheel segment, and a worm engaging the teeth of'the segment to raise the same under the window when elevated.

2. In a window construction, the combination of a window frame provided with a window pocket, a window slidable in the same, and a supporting device comprising a pivoted worm wheel segment with a segmental threaded groove, and a worm engagvoted on the pine ing the said tapped groove walls for forcing the segment into supporting relation wlth respect to an elevated window.

3. In a window construction, the com-' bination of a frame provided ,with a window pocket, a window slidable in the same, and a supporting device comprising an escutcheon plate, a segment supported thereon in pivota relation, and means for forcin the segment into supporting relation wit respect to an elevated window, comprising a worm and complementary teeth upon the said segment.

4. In a window construction, the combination of an escutcheon plate, a segment pivotally supported thereon to swing in a vertical plane and having an arm adapted to engage under a window and positive means supported on the escutcheon plate both raising and lowering the segment on the arm with respect, to the window.

5. Ina Window construction, the combination of a window frame provided with a window pocket, a window slidable in the same, and a supporting device comprising a latch member,means for forcing the latch member up under the window, and a lock for preventing operation of the latch member when the window is in the window pocket. v 1

6. A supporting device for windows, comprising an'escutcheon plate, a pivoted latch thereon, a screw arrangement for raising or lowering the latch, and a positive lock for. preventing operation of the latch when thewindow is in the window pocket. 7. A supporting device for windows, comprising a .plate, a segment supported upon the plate, a screw member supported upon the plate for forcing the latch member up under the window, and a positive lock for locking the segment against movement when the window is in the window pocket.

8. A window-supporting m'ember, comprising a plate, a latch member for forcing up under a window elevated'out of the window pocket, means for forcing the same up under the window, and a lock operated by the window in the window pocket for look ing the said forcing means to prevent accidental forcing of the latch into-contact with the window when in the pocket.

9. A supporting device for windows when elevated out of the window pocket, compris-' ing a plate, a latch. member, a screw for forcing the latch member u under the elevated window, and a lock including a bolt and set by the window in the window pocket to lock the screw against rotation, the said look also including means for storing energy to shoot the bolt part when the screw is tampered with and the bolt not in registry with the bolt socket.

lQ. A window-supporting device, comprising a plateja latch supported upon the plate, a screw for forcing the latch up under the window when raised from the window pocket, a member provided with a plurality of sockets and carried by the screw member, and a lock including a sliding bolt, and means for storing energy for shooting the sliding bolt when the screw is tampered with, the said lock being set by the presence of the window in the window Well.

11. A supporting device for supporting windows elevated out of a window pocket, comprising a plate, a latch member adapted to be forced up under the window to hold the same in elevated position, a member supported upon the plate for forcing the said latch member and provided with a member having sockets in it, and locking mechanism comprising a pair of locking members, one of which is provided with a pin adapted to be shot into one of said sockets, the other of which is provided with a portion adapted to contact with the window when in the pocket, the said members being connected by a compressible spring whereby the presence of the window in the window pocket actuates the one locking member and either slides the bolt of the other locking member into one of the said sockets or else stores energy to shoot the bolt into the socket when the screw is tampered with. 12. A supporting device for windows elevated out of the window pocket, comprising a plate, a latch member adapted to be forced up under the elevated window to support the same, means for forcing the latch member including a member having sockets and supported in the plate, and a locking mechanism for positively locking the forcing means against tampering when the window is in the pocket, comprising a pair of latch levers, one of which contacts with the window when in the pocket, the other of which is provided with a sliding bolt adapted to be shot into one of the sockets, and a spring between the two latch levers put under compression to store energy to slide the bolt when not in registry with the said socket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EMORY GLENN SIMPSON. 

